Denny Moers

The first photograph by Denny Moers entered the Museum's collection in 1978. The recent gift that includes these and others works offers an overview of his artistic development in the last two decades. Since 1977, Moers has nurtured an interest in combining etching and photographic techniques. Scrub Brush I and Scrub Brush II were both developed from the same black-and-white negative. Between developing and fixing, the black-and-white print was selectively fogged and exposed to incandescent light, causing changes in the color tone. The subtle restructuring of the two photographic images demonstrates the relationship between control and accident, which Moers has mastered.